92 EEICACEAE. 



lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm. long: petals 5-6 mm. long: capsules subglobose, 2.5-3 

 mm. in diameter, erect. SWEET-PEPPERBUSH. 



Moist woods, n. Fla. (Cont.) 



2. C. tomentosa Lam. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, the twigs tomentose: leaf -blades 

 obovate to narrowly or broadly cuneate, 4-10 cm. long: pedicels 2-5 mm. long: 

 sepals oval or ovate-oblong, 3-3.5 mm. long: petals 5-6 mm. long: capsules 

 spheroidal, 4-4.5 mm. in diameter, drooping. 



Swamps, m. and w. Fla. (Cont.) 



FAMILY 2. ERICACEAE. HEATH FAMILY. 



Shrubs, trees, or undershrubs. Leaves often persistent: blades com- 

 monly leathery. Flowers typically perfect. Calyx of 4-7 distinct or 

 partially united sepals. Corolla of 4-7 distinct or partially united petals, 

 sometimes slightly 2-lipped. Androecium of as many or twice as many 

 stamens as there are petals: anthers opening by pores, chinks or valves. 

 Gynoecium of 2-7 united carpels. Fruit a capsule. 



Erect, diffuse or climbing shrubs. 

 Fruit a septicidal capsule. 



Corolla of distinct petals. 1. BEJABIA. 



Corolla of partly united petals. 



Corolla funnelform or campanulate : anthers not 



springing from sacs in the corolla. 



Corolla funnelform ; limb 2-lipped. 2. AZALEA. 



Corolla campanulate, limb scarcely 2-lipped. 3. RHODODENDRON. 



Corolla rotate : anthers springing from sacs in the 



corolla. 



Sepals persistent : capsule spheroidal : corolla- 

 lobes obtuse. 4. KALMIA. 

 Sepals deciduous : capsule ovoid : corolla-lobes 



acute. 5. KALMIELLA. 



Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 



Anther-sacs opening by terminal pores or chinks. 

 Calyx-lobes imbricate. 



Anther-sacs awnless : calyx not bracteolate : 



bracts persistent. 6. LECCOTHOE. 



Anther-sacs awned : calyx bibracteolate : bracts 



deciduous. 7. ECBOTRYS. 



Calyx-lobes valvate. 



Anther-sacs awned : capsule-sutures not thick- 

 ened. 

 Calyx several times exceeded by the corolla : 



capsule prominently lobed. 8. ZEXOBIA. 



Calyx about % as long as the corolla : capsule 



slightly lobed. 9. AMPEI.OTHAMXUS. 



Anther-sacs awnless : capsule-sutures thickened. 

 Filaments appendaged : corolla about twice as 



long as the calyx. 



Style fusiform : corolla of an urceolate 

 type : leaf-blades with intramarginal 



veins : sepals persistent. 10. DESMOTHAMNUS. 



Style columnar : corolla of a cylindrace- 

 ous-campanulate type : leaf-blades with- 

 out intramarginal veins : sepals de- 

 ciduous. 11. NEOPIERIS. 

 Filaments unappendaged : corolla several 



times exceeding the calyx. 

 Capsule longer than thick, prominently 

 angled : lepidote shrubs with persistent 

 leaves: flowers in axillary clusters. 12. XOLISMA. 

 Capsule depressed, not angled : pubes- 

 cent shrubs with deciduous leaves : 

 flowers in panicled racemes. 13. ARSEXOCOCCUS. 



Anther-sacs opening lengthwise. 14. OXYDEXDRON. 



Prostrate shrub with creeping branches. 15. EPIGAEA. 



1. BEJARIA Mutis. Evergreen shrubs. Leaves alternate: blades thick. 

 Calyx-lobes 6-7. Petals broadened upward. Stamens 12-14: anthers with 

 terminal pores. Ovary 6-7-celled. Capsule 6-7-valved. 



